- Difficulty date
- May 28, 2002
- Submitted
- June 5, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC873
- Aircraft serial
- 46076
- Part
- Torque Tube
- Part number
- 37701442N
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- L/E Slot
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
LFT WING OUTBOARD SLOT TORQUE TUBE CRACKED (CRANK). REMOVED TORQUE TUBE FROM LEFT WING OUTBOARD SLOT PER M/M 27-80-2 PG 201. REMOVED AND REPLACED CRANK ASSY OF TORQUE TUBE PER SRM 51-1-21 PG 1. INSTALLED TORQUE TUBE ON LEFT WING OUTBOARD SLOT PER M/M 27-80-2 PG 203. OPS CHECK PERFOMED ON N/R 0339.